Inside the Kunning Palace.

Zhu Youzhu sat at the table, Empress Zhang stood beside her, and Zhang Heling stood with her head bowed near the door.

Zhang Heling is receiving a lecture from Zhu Youji.

"You said that you don't care about what you should do, is this something you should ask? Those acres of land in Yongping Mansion, and you can't do a share?" Zhu Youzhi was knocking on the mountain and scolding Huai, and deliberately chose the occasion of training his brother-in-law in Kunning Palace, and also let Empress Zhang see the majesty of him as an emperor.

Zhang Heling smiled, like a flattering junior, and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, the minister just wants to take the opportunity to ask, if you can help these people, you can't help them, and if you can't help, you're not capable."

"Who are you helping?" Zhu Youzhu frowned, this brother-in-law seemed to be a little different from him in his position.

Zhang Heling said: "Naturally, it is those big families in Yongping Mansion, any of them are local figures, and they were pressed very badly this time, so I just helped them move around."

At this point, Zhu Youzhu had rolled his eyes and didn't want to deal with him.

Empress Zhang exclaimed angrily, "What benefits do they give you to speak for them? Don't you know that you're doing this against your brother-in-law?"

She deliberately emphasized the word "brother-in-law", and she was also telling her husband that we should spare him lightly, just treat him as if his brain was not good, after all, he is still your brother-in-law.

Zhang Heling said arrogantly: "The queen is right, they just gave me benefits, but what I think is that if they don't give me this benefit, someone will definitely take it away, so they don't hesitate to give me gifts, and they also want me to move the relationship around." You said that there are benefits, and you can't cheapen the group of people working in the following for nothing, right?"

"You ......"

Zhu Youzhu was so angry that he almost wanted to pick up the tea bowl on the side and throw it away from his brother-in-law.

Zhang Heling said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, I heard from the minister, the minister heard that this time the group of rabbit cubs below is extremely vicious, eating people without spitting out bones, those big families are the accumulation of several generations, saying that they will be served to the end, without the slightest affection, all around the capital are discussed, all said that this is a strong dragon to grab the interests of the head snake, each family is cautious, many people want to move south."

"Anything like that?" Empress Zhang looked at her husband and said, "Your Majesty, since you say so, you should let the people below restrain yourself, so as not to make people's hearts unstable."

Zhu Youzhu didn't want to reason with his wife and brother-in-law.

Obviously, in Zhu Youji's view, the two sisters and brothers don't know anything about national affairs, and they are purely for their own selfish interests.

"Heling, what am I going to do, and when will I propose it to you? What do you think you know and see?" Zhu Youzhu said with a straight face.

Zhang Heling continued to mess around and said, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't understand the truth, but he knows that if he makes people panic below, it will affect the stability of the Ming Dynasty. There will definitely be a lot of people who will take advantage of the topic to play, and they may directly participate in the impeachment of that Cai Guogong, don't you think about it for the sake of Daming, don't you think about Cai Guogong?"

Zhang Heling, who will do this, also learned to "fight snakes and hit seven inches".

Knowing that what my brother-in-law cares about most is Zhang Bingkuan, then start with Zhang Bingkuan, let Your Majesty think about him, and then stop it.

"Smack!"

Zhu Youzhu slapped the table and said, "Don't talk about others. I just ask you, how much benefit did you receive? Is it a few thousand taels, or tens of thousands of taels?"

"Not much. The ministers are talking from the bottom of their hearts." Of course, Zhang Heling will not tell his brother-in-law that he has benefited a lot from it.

What if you know this...... Wouldn't you come with me a two-one-five? I'm not that stupid!

Empress Zhang said, "Your Majesty, what are you trying to do? Doesn't it mean that in order to make things easier for Bingkuan? But if you make enemies for him, it will backfire. Maybe Heling is also thinking about you."

Zhu Youzhu stood up, it seemed that he didn't want to stay longer in Kunning Palace for a moment, and coldly shook off the next sentence and said, "You don't care about my affairs!" Especially in the matter of me and Bingkuan, I don't need your interference!"

After saying that, he left with his entourage.

"Sister, thank you for speaking for me."

After Zhu Youzhi left Kunning Palace, Zhang Heling smiled and went to thank Empress Zhang.

Queen Zhang almost threw a *** pocket on her younger brother's face, and the raised hand was also hesitant before putting it down, but she didn't look at this younger brother with her eyes.

"Queen, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Heling saw that her sister might be angry, so she hurriedly asked with a respectful attitude.

Empress Zhang sat down and said with an annoyed face: "The second child is not here, you, who are the boss, are causing trouble for me in the capital, don't you know that my sister's status in the palace is not as good as before?"

"No, I don't."

Zhang Heling said, "Sister, as always, don't say that there is just one more imperial concubine now, even if the three palaces and six courtyards are all concubines, then the position of the elder sister and queen is also very stable. Your Majesty is also very tolerant of me, probably knowing that I took the silver, and didn't say that I wanted to get it back, anyway...... I have done my business, and I will not collect the money in vain."

Empress Zhang said coldly, "Just for those few taels of silver, you don't even care about your sister?"

"No, my brother's heart is for my sister. Sister, what's wrong with you? It's like a ...... Well, to put it mildly, it's like a deep resentful woman."

Zhang Heling's eyes were narrow.

Empress Zhang said angrily, "If you don't listen, keep your mouth shut!"

"Hey, hey." Zhang Heling smiled and said, "Sister, don't you know, the movement in Yongping Mansion this time is very noisy, I am not alarmist in front of my brother-in-law, the surroundings of Shuntian Mansion are very shaken, no one thought that His Majesty would use those local gentry as targets, many people want to move south, and there are many people who have offended this time." It's not an exaggeration to say it's self-defeating."

Empress Zhang said, "I'm in the palace and don't know anything outside the palace."

Zhang Heling said: "Then I want to talk to my sister, it was originally for Cai Guo to open the mine, and there were people in the local area who made trouble, which was quite restrained, but my brother-in-law directly asked Dongchang and Jinyiwei to go to the end of many families in Yongping Mansion, and this time there was a big incident." In particular, Li Rong, the duke of Dongchang Factory, died in Yongping Mansion, and the people of Jinyiwei said that someone secretly poisoned Li Rong...... Retaliation again, and this time it is very troublesome."

Empress Zhang said impatiently, "Even if that's the case, it has nothing to do with you. Your brother-in-law will take care of this."

Zhang Heling looked gloating and said, "It's impossible to deal with it well, it's hard to recover it when it's covered with water...... The group of people in Jinyiwei were all honest after their brother-in-law ascended the throne before, and now they can seize the opportunity, and the local spearhead is aimed at Cai Guogong, thinking that Cai Guogong instigated it behind his back. Ha ha. It's hilarious."

"What about Zhang Bingkuan?" Empress Zhang was also interested in this.

"Cai Guogong is still staying in Yongping Mansion, I don't know what he is doing, maybe it's in the aftermath, but the group of people in Jinyiwei are also yang and yin against him, and he is not the Dongchang factory, and Jinyiwei is not under his control in name, that group of people make trouble in the local area, can he control it?"

Zhang Heling was tired of talking, so he sat down directly, crossed Erlang's legs, and told his sister what he had heard as if telling a story.

Empress Zhang said, "How much benefit have you taken?"

"It's not much, just tens of thousands of taels of silver, but it doesn't matter, most of the people who sent the silver have already been dealt with by Jinyiwei, and they don't need to return it, so I don't believe that Jinyiwei still dares to come to me and ask for silver? Anyway, those people are already prisoners, send me some, I may be able to help them save the lives of their families, if you don't give it to me, you will be hacked by the Jinyi guards...... If you don't take it, you won't take it."

Zhang Heling is very at ease.

A powerful person like him never thinks about any political principles, and it is the norm to collect money and not do things, but this time he has done something, and he is worthy of his "employer".

Empress Zhang said, "Then you should go and help Cai Guogong."

"I thought." Zhang Heling said, "Even if I am courteous to Cai Guogong now, he will not pay attention to me, the government and the opposition are all people who stretch their heads to slap him, who does he look up to? The second child was a compliment to him at the beginning, but now they have been sent to the north to fight, and I feel more and more now that Cai Guogong seems to be deliberately targeting our brother."

At this time, Zhang Heling seemed to be "enlightened".

He finally felt that since Zhang Zhou's rise, no matter what they had done to Zhang Zhou, they were either hostile, or

It is goodwill.

In short, the two brothers did not fall well.

It feels like his status has improved compared to before, but he has done more pickled things than before, anyway, Zhang Heling is even more depressed.

Empress Zhang said: "Bingkuan is an outsider, he doesn't have any bad intentions, he has helped him a lot in the previous things, and His Majesty is already obedient to him, you still think about it, if you can't have a good relationship with him, I will say it for you." You've got a good relationship with him, and it's good for you."

Zhang Heling was puzzled: "Sister, why do you keep speaking for the surname Zhang? You're not going to be fooled by him, are you?"

Empress Zhang said angrily, "You are so unlucky, what do you think you can understand? Do you know your brother-in-law, or do I know you? Why, you don't even listen to me?"

"Nope." Zhang Heling said, "I just think that the surname Zhang may not be a good person."

"It doesn't matter if it's good or not, just get the relationship right, you can't do anything with him in the affairs of Yongping Mansion, no matter if you confiscate the silver, in short, don't pay attention to this matter in the future."

Empress Zhang gave an ultimatum.

You are a younger brother, speaking for the local gentry of Yongping Mansion, you are against Zhang Bingkuan, so your brother-in-law will ask you to reprimand you, you don't even understand this truth, and you still want to mix up in the court?

It's not even as good as your sister and me.

"Got it."

Zhang Heling looked unwilling, but in his mind, he was wondering where to go at night.

Zhang Heling left the palace and returned to his Hou Mansion, originally wanting to take a nap and go out in the evening to have fun.

At this moment the servant appeared before him.

"Scare Lao Tzu, it's okay to be like a ghost, looking for death?" Zhang Heling scolded.

The servant said, "It's the second master who sent a letter from Liaodong, saying that he must find a way to fish him out."

"What? Who did he offend and was he imprisoned?" Zhang Heling took the letter and looked around.

Deng Shi felt that something was wrong, and glared at the servant with a big face and said, "Are you coaxing Lao Tzu? Is this the word for the second child? The dog crawls the same word, Lao Tzu can recognize! Didn't you let people kidnap the tickets and come to Lao Tzu for ransom? I don't have a penny."

The brothers are usually affectionate, but when it comes to money issues, they immediately disagree with each other on the accounts.

The servant said: "Master, in fact, what the second master means is that he doesn't want to mix in the army, it's too hard, and he's worried, the miasma in the north is still very heavy in summer, and there are many places in the deep mountains and old forests."

When Zhang Heling heard this explanation, he didn't even look at the letter in his hand, and threw it on the ground and said, "Let him play it by himself and apply with His Majesty, why does everything bother Lao Tzu?" Lao Tzu is his brother, not his father."

The servant said, "The eldest brother is the father......

"You kid, are you sincere?"

Zhang Heling grabbed the servant's ear, and the servant didn't dare to cry out in pain.

Finally, Zhang Heling let go of his hand and said, "Then reply to him for me and tell him that I can't do anything about what happened to him, Lao Tzu is too busy to take care of himself, and he still has time to take care of his affairs?" It's not good to go to war, it's also to serve the country, and Lao Tzu doesn't have a chance to serve if he wants to."

"Sir, do you really want to go?" The servant was also surprised.

When did his own master also pursue the set of loyalty to the country?

Zhang Heling immediately glared at the servant.

The servant immediately found the answer to his question from his big face plate...... This Shou Ninghou is just talking about it, and if he is serious, he will lose.

Tang Yin and Xu Jing sent envoys to Korea, and did not take the southern road, but passed through the territory of Jianzhouwei from Fushun.

At this time, the ground of Jianzhou Wei was under the control of the Ming border army, and when he heard that Tang Yin passed here, Zhang Yanling did not hesitate to give up the battle on the front line and bring people back to meet Tang Yin.

"Uncle Jianchang, what are you ......?"

Tang Yin was also about to leave the post station with Xu Jing and other entourages early in the morning when he saw Zhang Yanling and his entourage.

Zhang Yanling jumped down from his horse, with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and said, "Tang Bohu

, you and I know each other, open the skylight and say something bright, you are sent by Zhang Bingkuan, right? I'm going to North Korea with you. Let's go back to the capital together."

Tang Yin and Xu Jing glanced at each other, and they didn't understand what kind of madness this relative was making.

Xu Jing said, "Uncle Jianchang, what are you ...... What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yanling jumped up, "And asked me what's wrong? Is this a place for people? Finally, there is a city, there are not even a thousand people in it, there are barren mountains and wilderness everywhere, and there are those Jurchens hiding in the shadows, and they will come out at any time to sneak attack, it is simply despicable and shameless!"

Tang Yin said: "The battlefield is like this, when I was under the army here, I was trapped in a lonely city for several months, and finally survived."

Zhang Yanling said, "Who are you? Who am I? Can we compare?"

Tang Yin was pondering, is this a good word or a bad word, is it demeaning me or complimenting me?

"Anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't stay here anymore, it's good to go to North Korea for a walk, it is said that there has just been a change of lord over there, or is it appointed by the Ming Dynasty, right? I'm going with you!" Zhang Yanling said.

Xu Jing hurriedly reminded: "Uncle Guo, don't mess around, you are leaving your post without permission, if you are impeached, you can ...... it."

"Who to scare? Isn't Lao Tzu doing things in a measured way? In short, where you go now, Lao Tzu will go! In this battle, whoever likes to fight will fight, even if he goes back to the capital and puts Lao Tzu in prison, Lao Tzu will admit it!"